Joy

Joy

Summary

In a sparkling glass office in London’s Square Mile – a place bursting with flirtations, water-cooler confrontations and dangerous amounts of abject boredom – talented young lawyer Joy Stephens falls forty feet onto a marble floor.

In the shadow of this baffling event, the lives of those closest to her begin to collide and change in unexpected ways…

Reviews

  • A brilliant book... Jonathan Lee is one of those rare, agile writers who can take your breath away.
    Catherine O’Flynn, author of What Was Lost

About the author

Jonathan Lee

Jonathan Lee's first novel, Who is Mr Satoshi?, was nominated for the Desmond Elliott Prize and shortlisted for an MJA Open Book Award in 2011. His second novel, Joy, published in 2013, was shortlisted for the Encore Award. He lives in New York.
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